If you’re a 49ers fan who wants to go to Seattle to see your team take on the Seahawks for the NFC championship on Sunday, you already know you’re going to have to pay for the privilege — travel, hotel, meals, not to mention the small fortune you can expect to fork over for a playoff ticket.
Well, it turns out you need a little imagination, too. The Seahawks blocked ticket sales to buyers with California addresses. In a move to ensure more Seahawks fans got a better chance to buy tickets, the team limited sales to credit-card holders with addresses in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Alaska, Hawaii and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.
And if you're thinking of trying to go to the game, note that it's already sold out. The Seahawks announced all available tickets were snapped up in 43 minutes after sales began at 10 this morning.
So, for the 49er Faithful who feel they have to be in Seattle for their team (and can afford to do that or have enough margin left on the credit cards), that means going to secondary market sites like StubHub.
And when you look at StubHub, you can decide if you really want to go to the game. The site lists about 5,300 tickets for sale. The cheapest we see listed there right now, for standing room high up in the stands, are going for about $400 a pop. Primo seats are listed at up to $2,000 each.